Tuolumne County Biographies
GIDEON WING
Submitted by: Nancy Pratt Melton
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In the town of Sandwich, county of Barnstable, Mass., Mr. Wing was born, on
March 1, 1836. In the public schools of the town in which he was born, he was
edu�cated. When seventeen years old, he apprenticed himself to the tinsmith
trade in the city of New Bedford, Mass., which, when learned, formed the basis
of his business operations in the present time. On November 26, 1862, he arrived
in San Francisco, having come from New Bedford via Panama. On December 1, 1862,
he arrived in Columbia, and at once entered into the hardware and tin business,
and now keeps an establishment of that kind on Main street. He was elected to
the City Council of Co�lumbia, and was selected as its President in the days
when she was a city of more importance than any other in the county. He was also
at the head of the Fire Department for a period of nine years. He was also
appointed Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue for the Third District. His
division was composed of Tuolumne, Calaveras, Mariposa and Mono counties. He was
appointed Deputy Collector of Revenues of the First District, which position he
held for four years. Married Malinda Pauline Schwilk, a native of Kentucky, on
May 4, 1870. Frederick S. and Laura A. are his children.
�A History of Tuolumne County, California� Published by B.F. Alley, 1882.